1978 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 10, 1978By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1978 Season Tags: • No Comments

1978 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	0.778	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Arizona 21–17
2	-1	0.811	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat Kentucky 30–0
3	5	0.841	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	22	+11	Beat Iowa State 23–0
4	-1	0.953	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Texas 31–10
5	-1	1.068	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat NC State 31–7
6	5	1.150	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	18	+5	BYE
7	-2	1.179	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat TCU 42–3
8	1	1.216	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–1	0.800	22	+10	Beat Washington 20–17
9	-3	1.231	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Indiana State 7–0
10	-3	1.235	USC	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	BYE
11	8	1.286	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	4–0–1	0.900	16	+6	Beat App State 72–14
12	-2	1.294	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	4–0–1	0.900	16	+6	Tied Lamar 17–17
13	16	1.310	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–1	0.750	32	+7	Beat Virginia Tech 38–7
14	19	1.425	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–1	0.833	19	+11	Beat Louisville 24–7
15	3	1.438	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Texas Tech 38–9
16	-3	1.485	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Kansas 17–7
17	8	1.485	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat BYU 24–7
18	-6	1.525	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Boston College 32–15
19	-5	1.587	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
20	2	1.603	LSU	SEC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Florida 34–21
21	7	1.622	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Air Force 37–8
22	2	1.755	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	4–1	0.800	22	+6	Beat Northwestern 56–14
23	8	1.796	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Indiana 34–7
24	-1	1.848	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–1	0.750	32	+6	Beat Virginia 20–13
25	-8	1.891	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–1	0.800	22	+7	Lost to Maryland 7–31
26	11	1.938	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–1	0.800	22	+5	Beat Oregon 21–18
27	-6	1.971	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	22	+4	Lost to Nebraska 0–23
28	4	1.990	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–0–1	0.833	19	0	Beat Bucknell 24–0
29	24	2.031	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	32	+5	Beat San José State 25–11
30	20	2.066	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–1	0.800	22	+4	Beat Kent State 14–0
31	14	2.070	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	32	+4	Beat Baylor 20–18
32	-6	2.074	SMU	IND SWC	2–1–1	0.625	48	+2	Tied Ohio State 35–35
33	22	2.083	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–1	0.750	32	+3	Beat Ole Miss 42–3
34	18	2.099	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	22	+3	Beat Cincinnati 26–21
35	13	2.107	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	50	+4	Beat Illinois 45–3
36	18	2.147	UCLA	PAC	4–1	0.800	22	+3	Beat Stanford 27–26
37	-21	2.168	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–1	0.750	32	+3	Lost to Miami 15–17
38	24	2.178	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	32	+2	Beat Yale 28–27
39	-24	2.188	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	32	+2	Lost to Oklahoma 10–31
40	6	2.252	BYU	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	50	+4	Lost to Utah State 7–24
41	-14	2.272	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	68	+3	Lost to Georgia Tech 3–6
42	1	2.311	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	19	+3	Beat West Texas A&M 35–0
43	23	2.387	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	32	+1	Beat Iowa 13–9
44	21	2.392	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+4	Beat South Carolina 6–3
45	-3	2.393	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	42	+2	Tied Temple 22–22
46	-16	2.408	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–2	0.600	50	+3	Lost to UCLA 26–27
47	30	2.421	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	68	+3	Beat Auburn 17–15
48	8	2.448	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	4–1	0.800	22	+1	Beat Illinois State 26–0
49	-29	2.577	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Lost to Pennsylvania 19–31
50	13	2.580	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–1	0.750	32	+1	Beat Wake Forest 14–7
51	0	2.595	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–1–1	0.625	48	+1	Tied SMU 35–35
52	8	2.616	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	50	+2	Beat Wyoming 19–15
53	18	2.634	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	68	+2	Beat Michigan State 29–25
54	15	2.671	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–2–1	0.500	68	+3	Beat North Carolina 7–3
55	13	2.688	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	43	+3	Beat Virginia Military Institute 19–6
56	2	2.690	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	68	+3	Tied William & Mary 22–22
57	-19	2.759	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+1	Lost to Tulsa 7–24
58	-24	2.792	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	43	0	Lost to Rutgers 27–28
59	-2	2.820	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–2	0.600	50	+1	Lost to Michigan 17–21
60	37	2.844	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–3	0.400	78	+3	Beat Northwestern State 23–14
61	14	2.902	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–2	0.600	50	0	Beat Toledo 45–27
62	-27	2.918	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–2	0.333	93	+2	Lost to LSU 21–34
63	13	2.950	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–2	0.600	50	+5	Beat Ohio 17–3
64	-25	2.970	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–2	0.600	50	+3	Lost to Southern Miss 17–22
65	-18	3.058	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+1	Lost to Arkansas State 14–23
66	35	3.061	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	43	0	Beat Columbia 31–19
67	13	3.063	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+2	Beat Richmond 17–14
68	-32	3.171	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	100	+2	Lost to Texas A&M 9–38
69	25	3.192	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	68	+2	Beat Wichita State 48–22
70	-26	3.258	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	78	+1	Lost to Clemson 7–38
71	22	3.272	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+1	Beat Mississippi State 22–17
72	-32	3.287	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	2–2	0.500	68	+1	Lost to Louisiana 6–24
73	15	3.307	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	50	0	Beat Marshall 41–0
74	-25	3.331	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–3	0.250	100	+2	Lost to Miami (OH) 3–7
75	-16	3.344	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–2	0.500	68	+1	Lost to Georgia 3–42
76	-3	3.379	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	43	-1	Beat Colgate 24–21
77	-16	3.414	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	50	0	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 14–72
78	1	3.622	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	3–2	0.600	50	-2	Beat Nicholls State 35–10
79	-7	3.638	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–3	0.250	100	+1	Lost to Wisconsin 7–34
80	2	3.717	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	50	-2	Beat Wofford 36–12
81	-14	3.816	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	90	0	Lost to Penn State 0–30
82	35	3.828	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–3	0.400	78	-2	Beat Louisiana Tech 24–6
83	-19	3.836	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–2	0.600	50	-4	Lost to Drake 22–48
84	19	3.853	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	90	-1	Beat Army 31–13
85	-7	3.907	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–3	0.400	78	-2	Lost to Western Michigan 0–14
86	-1	3.952	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	78	-2	Beat Oklahoma State 18–7
87	-3	3.998	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–3	0.400	78	-3	Lost to Alabama 17–20
88	3	4.176	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	78	-2	Lost to Navy 8–37
89	3	4.354	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-1	BYE
90	-7	4.365	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	78	-3	Lost to Hawai'i 11–25
91	-4	4.454	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	78	-4	Lost to East Carolina 6–19
92	28	4.512	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	78	+1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 35–17
93	17	4.598	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	115	-3	Beat Vanderbilt 38–3
94	-4	4.620	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Lost to Notre Dame 25–29
95	33	4.639	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	68	0	Beat Northern Illinois 24–19
96	-55	4.646	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–2	0.333	93	+2	Lost to Boston University 17–20
97	-16	4.681	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	100	-3	Lost to New Mexico 15–19
98	-12	4.684	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–3	0.250	100	-3	Lost to Long Beach State 19–24
99	-25	4.691	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	78	-5	Lost to Texas Arlington 17–28
100	15	4.738	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Beat UTEP 39–29
101	4	4.743	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–4	0.200	115	-1	Lost to Colorado 7–17
102	-32	4.826	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Lost to Tulane 3–38
103	1	4.830	TCU	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	100	-1	Lost to Arkansas 3–42
104	-15	5.048	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–3	0.250	100	-4	Lost to Utah 9–13
105	-3	5.074	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–3	0.250	100	-3	Lost to Central Michigan 3–17
106	-11	5.141	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–3–1	0.300	97	-3	Lost to Missouri 3–45
107	11	5.175	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–3	0.500	68	-4	Beat Akron 25–14
108	-10	5.237	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–4	0.200	115	-4	Lost to Purdue 7–14
109	-3	5.265	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-5	Lost to Florida State 21–26
110	1	5.364	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	131	-3	Lost to Pittsburgh 15–32
111	-2	5.385	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–5	0.000	131	-4	Lost to California 18–21
112	-13	5.390	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	131	-2	BYE
113	19	5.522	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	93	-5	Beat Fresno State 31–14
114	5	5.591	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–3–1	0.300	97	-6	Tied UL Monroe 17–17
115	-15	5.622	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–3	0.250	100	-5	Lost to Oregon State 14–17
116	10	5.704	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–3–1	0.300	97	-6	Beat Minnesota 17–14
117	-21	5.838	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	115	-5	Lost to Syracuse 15–31
118	-10	5.981	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	115	-7	Lost to Citadel 0–41
119	-5	6.042	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	125	-9	Lost to Villanova 14–17
120	-13	6.075	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–5	0.000	131	-7	Lost to Kansas State 7–18
121	-5	6.105	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–5	0.167	125	-7	Lost to North Texas 0–35
122	-10	6.106	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–4	0.200	115	-7	Lost to Duke 13–20
123	1	6.133	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	78	-1	BYE
124	-1	6.187	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	1–4	0.200	115	-8	Lost to Ball State 0–7
125	10	6.206	UNLV	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Beat Idaho 53–14
126	11	6.422	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–2	0.333	93	-1	Beat Princeton 44–16
127	-5	6.521	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–4–1	0.100	130	-4	Lost to Arizona State 14–56
128	3	6.531	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	115	-7	Beat West Virginia 31–15
129	4	6.555	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–5	0.167	125	-11	Beat New Mexico State 28–17
130	-9	6.737	UTEP	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	125	-10	Lost to Colorado State 29–39
131	-4	6.849	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	131	-5	Lost to Houston 18–20
132	-19	6.964	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	90	-6	Lost to Tennessee 13–31
133	-4	6.987	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	131	-1	Lost to Harvard 21–24
134	-9	7.001	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–4	0.200	115	-4	Lost to San Diego State 14–31
135	-1	8.421	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–4	0.200	115	-4	Lost to Pacific 17–35
136	-6	8.437	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–2–1	0.167	125	-3	Lost to Brown 16–44
137	-1	8.493	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–5	0.000	131	-12	Lost to Bowling Green 27–45
138	0	9.080	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	131	-8	Lost to Southern Illinois 0–26